03-06-2021, 02:52 PM
(03-06-2021, 01:45 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: 1.) I would hope more fans would riot if we tagged Lawson. Paying him 17 million dollars would be absolutely ridiculous. He's nowhere near a top 5 DE. Either get a long term deal done or move on.
2.) Really not sure why so many are ready to give up on Waynes without ever seeing him play in stripes.
If the team was that high on Jackson they would have exercised his 5th year option, or worked out a long-term deal. Instead they invested 16 mil into Waynes.
Waynes is going nowhere. He carries 10 mil in dead cap. I think people who want to pay Jackson (in addition to Waynes) are nuts. We'd have like 30 mil tied up into CB1 and CB2, and neither are proven to be elite.
I'm sorry, William Jackson just isn't that good. And this team doesn't have the luxury of paying out that much to a guy like him when they have so many holes.
Tagging Lawson wouldn’t be ideal, but the Bengals are in a very tight spot. I’ve made this post before so I’ll keep it short, but if Cincinnati lets Lawson go, they are in deep shit when it comes to pass rushing. Lawson alone had 44 pressures last season. The rest of the defensive line and LBers, including backups, had 50. Lawson produced almost as many pressures as 12 other guys on this team. If Lawson walks, this is the current starting defensive line..
Khalid Kareem - 254 snaps, four total pressures.
Geno Atkins - 119 snaps, one total pressure
DJ Reader - 259 snaps, one total pressure
Sam Hubbard - 664 snaps, 18 total pressures
That isn’t going to get it done. There is definitely a point to where you just let Lawson walk. He has struggled with injuries, but he is also the kind of guy that if you can get some better pass rushers on this defense, those sack numbers are going to inflate. He is a very good pass rusher, and this team has a dire need for pass rushers. I’d rather get a long term deal done but he is going to get paid big money by someone.
